m4C DNA methylation regulates biosynthesis of daptomycin in Streptomyces roseosporus L30. 2022

Jiao-Le Fang, and Wen-Li Gao, and Wei-Feng Xu, and Zhong-Yuan Lyu, and Lie Ma, and Shuai Luo, and Xin-Ai Chen, and Xu-Ming Mao, and Yong-Quan Li
Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.

Despite numerous studies on transcriptional level regulation by single genes in drug producing Actinomyces, the global regulation based on epigenetic modification is not well explored. N4-methylcytosine (m4C), an abundant epigenetic marker in Actinomycetes' genome, but its regulatory mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we identify a m4C methyltransferase (SroLm3) in Streptomyces roseosporus L30 and multi-omics studies were performed and revealed SroLm3 as a global regulator of secondary metabolism. Notably, three BGCs in ΔsroLm3 strain exhibited decreased expression compared to wild type. In-frame deletion of sroLm3 in S.roseosporus L30 further revealed its role in enhancing daptomycin production. In summary, we characterized a m4C methyltransferase, revealed the function of m4C in secondary metabolism regulation and biosynthesis of red pigment, and mapped a series of novel regulators for daptomycin biosynthesis dominated by m4C methylation. Our research further indicated that m4C DNA methylation may contribute to a metabolic switch from primary to secondary metabolism in Actinomyces.

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